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volume measure; 20 equals 1 khal [RY]
sheng, litre, quart, measure for dry things as well as fluids, about 2 pints, measure just under one kilogram, vessel, wooden vessel used as weight measure in ancient India [JV]
1) square grain vol measure = six phul, 1/20 khal; 2) oil measuring zo ba, like a liter; 3) ka ba'i bre; 4) the star chu stod (/ put up [decorations etc.] [IW]
Drey. Tibetan volume measure equivalent of about one liter or two pints. One drey of gold would weigh about 13 kilos [RY]
a measure unit (2 pints); a measurement (for dry goods); liter, measure [RY]
ka ba'i bre, pillar decoration [intertwined] [RY]